Happy Easter!!!! :D
We have rain pouring all over the country, it's a good day to stay at home and eat sweet almonds ;) If there was a plate of golden slices around... I would say it was Christmas! LOL Looks like we're in December :p

Who's here is the Easter Bunny, we won't let Spring's absence ofuscaste his presence :) Do you want to see what I've made for this season? One BIG foam bunny! :D And I just realized I'm missing a second photo... to show you how this bunny is in fact a candy box (15cm diameter). Between the belt and his pants, the piece opens, we can put almonds directly into his tummy :)

Sorry for the poor lighting on the photos, you know how the weather has been just drizzle... For weeks!

More bunnies coming! I went back to my 2011 project, remember all those floppy ears that travelled across the globe? :) I wanted to make more but sadly my lavender was over!

Hello people!!! :D Is everyone ready for the weekend? Time to relax and eat candies! Be careful with those chocolate almonds, a delight when you eat but it will last on the scale for much longer :p hehehehe

As promised, I'm starting with an update on my 6 Fat Men :) I haven't taken any photos lately because of this weather, the rain keeps pouring and pouring... But here it is, the progress on my 4th block :)

I started my day wrapping gifts :D Gifts for my goddaughter and also to a friend who's birthday is.. today! Who? Who? Valérie :D

I already gave her the good and the bad news. The good is that I had a gift, the bad.. she will only receive it next week! It was an adventure to find a box to pack my gift. There was no other option, after a bit of a fight, I had to turn 2 boxes into 1 :p Then I ran to the post office, the least I could do was to post today... holiday, yeah, sure, they were there just waiting for me! LOL Post office was closed, it was a nice try though ;) ehhehehe

Valérie, just to tease you little bit :p ...
...a picture of the 'candy' I'm sending you :D hehehehe

Happy birthday my friend!! :D May all your wishes come true!
And remember that women are like Port wine ;) hehehehhe
(The older the better!!!)

After my last post, I can see I'm not the only one out there lost on my ideas and time, we are a big team! :p LOL But don't worry, we will get on track ;) hehehe You know I'm a fan of organization but even the most organized people need to stop, recap and adjust! And on my way, I'm glad to know that someone else was inspired to do the same :D

I started by going back to my lists method that was abandoned in recent weeks - my first mistake. By listing the things we need to do is much easier to manage time and priorities, also it motivates us to see our list decreasing when things are done :) Since Monday I've done a million things already!! It's amazing how everything works better when we're not thinking about other things to come next or worried about leaving something else forgotten... there's no risk, it's on the list ;) Focusing on what is most important, worrying less about what is not relevant, the beauty is in balance!

Regarding my crafts, I've been doing different things but I decided to reset my wips and goals. At the moment I want to finish 6 Fat Men, I've stitched half of the 4th block and I don't want to stitch anything else before finishing this piece. If this was a SAL it would be fun to stitch in parts, since it's not the case, makes no sense to stitch a block, stitch another work, return to this... I prefer to finish the whole piece instead :)

I don't have photos right now but I promise tomorrow I'll show you the progress on my wip ;) A great Wednesday everyone!! :D

Do you want to know what I miss? I miss those weekends with nothing to do! Two days only to craft and nothing else to worry about :p Ufff! What a weekend this last one was for me, I was out on Saturday and Sunday for the whole day. When I was back home, I only wanted my bed :p #exhausted So, no stitching this weekend =/

I don't know what's happening this year but I really need to take a step back and breathe. Put my ideas in order, manage time. There's so much happening, so much I want to do and make and things keep happening all around... Do you often feel like this?! Ok, I know time is never enough for all we want, that's not new ;) But since 2013 has started I've been behind on everything, that's not like me. I don't like that. I need to take 1 step back to move 2 steps forward :)

I came to conclusion that my goals, from the beginning of the year, no longer apply. Life changes and we must change with it :)

It's time to reorganize!!!

Oh! I also miss Spring :p It's raining like there's no tomorrow!!!
Crazy weather all around the globe...

Last night my computer decided to pout and take away 3 hours of my time to fix it... there are things that shoudn't be done to us, don't you think? When it finally became operational, my eyelashes were feeling quite heavy and the bed was calling my name :p With this, you didn't get to see what arrived in my mailbox this week! :)

I believe that when we do something, the universe gives back.
Earlier this month I offered an Easter gift and then I won two giveaways! :D Sometimes even gives back in double heheheh ;) The week started with a package from Emma (first picture above) and ended with another from June (second picture) :D

I'm a lucky girl =)
Emma and June, thank you ladies for the opportunity to win these gifts, thank you for all the lovely things you sent and the affection that came along =)

Spring has arrived!!!! :D
It's true that it's not as warm as we wished yet, today was just the 'official' beginning with a beautiful sunny day :) I'm happy with that! A simple change on the calendar but a giant mood changer for me :)
Happy Spring to all!! ƪ(ˆ◡ˆ)ʃ*

Yesterday we had a bit of Christmas theme here but today the bunnies are back! :D I made a string bag last month but I couldn't show it because it was for our Easter exchange, on Margaret Sherry's group, I couldn't spoil the surprise ;) My bunny traveled to Ireland to take some treats and wish
Happy Easter to Heather :D

Last week I showed you the progress on my SAL (with Valérie and Annette), it was very quick to stitch but we agreed to post only when all were finished. Voilà, here is the first part :)

At first, I thought about using beads in place of the red dots, I was going for the idea of 3D Christmas ornaments heheheh Then I decided to use white beads instead, for the single snow stitches... and today I went back and removed the beads! :p Since no one else changed anything in the original design, I didn't want to be the only one to do it =) Shyness moment! LOL

I promise I'll return with the crafts theme on my next post, with photos to show you ;) but now I need to add a little more information to yesterday's post. For bloggers who feel lost when it comes to feed readers, here are some clarifications. I hope it will be helpful :)

First, nothing will change on our blogs, there are no changes on Blogspot! Just Google Reader is closing but there are others such as Feedreader, FeedDemon, Feedly (Heather wrote about this on her comment), NewsBlur, etc. etc. or Bloglovin' (that was my choice but it's just one example among many!)

If you don't use any reader yet for sure you follow less than 300 blogs, (unless it changes this year) this is the limit on Blogger. From there on, you can't follow new blogs, only by subscribing from a reader. That's my case, I've crossed 300 a long time ago :p If you follow a lower number of pages, you haven't felt the need to have a support tool, which doesn't mean it wouldn't make your life easier anyway ;)

7 Reasons to Use a Feed Reader:

1. One single place where we have all updates whenever new content is published on our favorite pages
2. Useful helps us to easily identify posts that we haven't read yet
3. Time saver because we don't need to open each page individually looking for new posts!
4. Practical we can read new posts directly on our reader or click and open the original pages that have updates
5. Versatile lets you subscribe to any web page you want to follow, not just limited to blogs
6. Favorites with a simple click we mark our favorite posts to review without having to dig back in time
7. Organize everything os easier when the house is not a mess :) keep our feeds in folders, by categories or themes (for example: Family, Crafts, Cooking... Or ex.: Cross Stitch, Crochet, Knitting...)

Like anything that's new, you may wonder at first but believe me when I say you'll adapt in a couple of days. Let's take the example of a dishwasher: we can do the same without the machine but it does make our life easier :p At the beginning we don't know how it works but soon we learn those 3 functions that we'll use, easily integrates into our routine and in no time we will be able to put the dishes to wash even in the dark! :D Literally! Heheheh A feed reader works the same way, 2 or 3 buttons that will help you daily! It's one of those things that once you start using, it's difficult to go back to your old life without them! ;)

Goodbye my trusty tool, godbye Google Reader =/
Well, we now know that Google Reader has packed its suitcases and has the (one way) travel scheduled on July 1st. This powerful tool helped me to manage all blogs I follow, what I had yet to read without losing anything on the blogosphere... We spent a good time together!

According to Google, it's a service that has fallen into disuse so they decided to close, along with another half dozen services. I don't know how many of you were users but for me Google Reader was the most effective way to follow your blogs. A tool that told us how many unread post there were, where we could mark favorites, organize by folders / themes and add tags... perfect for organized people ;) heheheh

Better lose the saddle than the horse. Google Reader goes but there are many other tools that we can use! :) Google Reader is history, is yesterday's past. Today I have Bloglovin' :D

Who had the right answer on my last post? Almost everyone! :D
Of course my next Gorjuss girl brings her bunny friend ;) heheheh Bruna was the first with the right answer so she will receive an egg-surprise! :D Bruna, next week I'll post a little surprise for you!

Yesterday I took a photo of my wip but I didn't post it, the day was long and the night was cold :p Now I need a new photo to show you the progress I made last night! Meanwhile, you can see the start on my Helga Mandl's SAL, with Annette and Valérie :)

The fabric is 28ct Light Blue Jobelan, by Wichelt.
I often chance the color of the eyes and backstitch, when black looks too strong, I replace it with dark gray DMC413. Here I tried both, in this picture you can see the bird's eye in grey but yesterday I end up going for the black. You'll see the diference on my next photo update ;)

Last week the talk here on my blog was a big laugh about pregnancy :D something that hasn't happened yet! hehehe This weekend was all about PMS for me... no fun at all! A thought crossed my mind, one of the benefits for pregnant women is no PMS for 9 months :) But... in the end of those 9 months you get a full package with labor pains!! LOL The idea started so much better than it ended hahaha

You can imagine how my mood was on top of the world this weekend... or not :p And to complete my party, nothing like bad weather, winter rain! Crazy tons of hail! I don't know if it was all around our country or just here but ice rocks were falling from the sky! I've never seen hail like yesterday.
Positive thinking: only 10 more days to turn the season ;)

Thank you all for your sweet comments on my Gorjuss :) Another sister is coming soon! It's the baby boom!!!! Many girls being born in 2013 :D ahahhah Two already checked off my to-stitch list for 2013, only 4 more to stitch...

Since it's Easter season, can you guess which one will be next? ;)
Who will be the first of you to hit the button?? :D

It was a week of harsh winter! Today the sun chose to shine and give us a little break, just a little, it seems that tomorrow we will have heavy rain again. The lighting wasn't the best but, before it gets worse for the weekend, my Gorjuss girl decided to put her hair in the sun :) heheheh

Weak ligth... doesn't show well the brightness of the beads spread on the background. For the first time I added something to one of these girls, I changed the eyes of the birds, used a black bead instead of the mentioned french knot. On the wire, where she's sitting, I made wide stitches to look more natural. Since I started stitching this girl I was particularly enjoying her hair, don't know why but I just love those locks :)

You know when you try to fix something and you only make it worse? Have you seen what happened here? :p I used the word 'trimester' when I was writing about my SAL and I learned that in UK it's a term (exclusively?!) associated with pregnancy! :D hahahaha This is going from bad to worse! LOL To my english friends: how do you call a period of 3 months in any other case? :)

I haven't had the chance to reply to all your messages but I'll do it soon :)
I've been catching up on my blog reading, the only thing I've been doing on these recent cold nights... Winter is back! Just when I was getting used to the temperatures rising... down it went again, we have gray days and rain falling hard... Spring, where are you hiding?!?!

I scared a lot of people with my last post! :p LOL
I even had to edit the post to tell you that I'm not pregnant, I'll work on that in a near future but not now! Annette already told me that I said the same last year, other friends will say that I've been saying the same for 4 or 5 years, you're right. But the future always arrives and the 'near' will have to happen at some point too, don't you think? ;) Heheheh When the time comes, I promise I will emphasize on the title, I won't leave you any doubt!!! LOL :D

For now, babies only from others, my babies are my Gorjuss girls :) And my family has a newborn, in a record time of one week and two days! Considering that my weekend wasn't 100% available for crafts, it was a very good execution timing, I'm happy with that because there's more time left for all the other 1001 projects ;) hahahhaahah

We got unlucky with the weather this week... You know how I like to take pictures with natural light (so you can see well the work and all details) but the days are cloudy and rainy =( As soon as I get the chance, I'll be here with pretty pictures to show you ;)

Meanwhile, I haven't started anything, I've been reading blogs and emails will come soon ;) During this last few days I focused on my Gorjuss... accumulated messages again :p But it was for a good cause, right? =) Hehehe Next stitching will be my SAL with Annette and Valérie, they're both more advanced than me! We have 4 Helga Mandl's birds to stitch along the year, one each trimester so I'm still in time :)

Ulálá... you have no idea of how many things I have in my mind until Easter!! Hahahhaahah Scenes to come in the next chapters ;)

We have rain for the whole week but temperatures are rising a bit... maybe it's Spring coming? It's not far! Getting closer and closer ;) I don't have photo from my Gorjuss but tonight I'll finish the backstitch and beads... happy dance is coming :D I just hope tomorrow the sun will cooperate for the pictures :p

So, my theme for today is something else: babies!
From family to friends, there's a baby boom around me :D I'm looking for blogs or websites with good info about the journey of pregnancy and the first months of the baby. Basically, a useful source of information for new moms :) Where to start? Right here, asking for the contribution from those who have been there and have gone through all this :)

* Do you know any blog worth following?
* Other websites that you would recommend?
* Suggestions for first baby outfits? How many itens are necessary from bibs to washcloths, babygrows, shirts... (there must be a standard list somewhere...)

Mums on the blogosphere, all your suggestions are welcome and for longer conversations, feel free to use my email too ;) I'm already taking all this to learn on the way too :D hehehe

PS: I thought it would be better to add a little note... reading your comments I can see I left you all a little confused! LOL I'm not pregnant! I've told you on another post about the baby boom but I'm not a part of it yet! :p heheheh

I thought the best way to thank you for all your kind words, on my Gorjuss girl's progress, would be with another photo and more progress! :D Last night I did an extra effort up to 2:00 am to finish all her clothes, it's too cold for my girl not to be properly dressed ;)

Today I have a couple of birds to stitch, a bit of blue background... backstitch and embellishments for tomorrow... it's doable ;) Anyone else thinks tomorrow she will be ready for a happy dance? :D

Stitching a little bit every night and my girl grows :)
If I had a free weekend I think I would be able to finish her! Maybe I'll make a good progress tonight and I'll have more to show you tomorrow :D
Let's wait to see how it goes ;)

This week was undoubtedly the coldest we had throughout the whole winter this year! For those who are on the other side of the globe, bored with that heat, you can take this cold, take it all!!Take it away, nobody wants it here :p

With March comes the hope that the warm weather won't take long to arrive :)

This week seemed so big... I don't know if it was the cold or the fact that I haven't posted here for two days ago :p Just two days without posting on my blog already feels like an eternity heheheh That's what happens when we get used to a daily rhythm (almost) :p I was catching up with IHSW blogs, replied all my emails and my Gorjuss girl has grown quite a bit! I'm missing the picture to show you her progress but I'll take it today, we have a beautiful sunny day, perfect for photos :)